At Indiana April 11 7PM

In short I thought the Pistons played well enough to win but Indiana played exceptionally well. It took that circus shot at the end to win it.

As Lee pointed out in the Pod Cast. It may be for the best to slide in on the 8th seed. Get the tough match up out of the way. Pistons will have to play the 1st seed anyway at some point. Yes I know its unlikely to advance but you never know. Last I heard you still have to play the games if you are the #1 seed.

The Pistons seemed very disorganized and out of it last night especially in the 1st half.

They threw so many passes into the crowd that I thought they brought AI back as a passing consultant.

I don't know what they're paying Sheed for if he can't hit the shots they need at the end. That turnaround he missed was his 5th shot of the game and if my math is correct that is over 1 shot per quarter he's getting. I don't know how many more he needs to achieve this mysterious "rhythm" people are always talking about.

They played Sheed the entire 1st quarter and well into the 2nd so he could take, what, 1 shot?

Go through the EC playoff teams and try to find one where they're SF would get stripped by a PG because he got bumped by him.

I thought I had read that they won't be practicing again until Tues, but hopefully they got time to review some film and find a way for Rip to get some shots up.

I'd like to see them go after Wade on Wed with Rip post ups. He won't stand a chance.

When was the last time a Piston opponent stated they were too tired from chasing Rip around all those screens as a reason they lost? It was probably Tay after an intra-squad scrimmage.

The Pistons seemed very disorganized and out of it last night especially in the 1st half. They threw so many passes into the crowd that I thought they brought AI back as a passing consultant. I don't know what they're paying Sheed for if he can't hit the shots they need at the end. That turnaround he missed was his 5th shot of the game and if my math is correct that is over 1 shot per quarter he's getting. I don't know how many more he needs to achieve this mysterious "rhythm" people are always talking about.

They played Sheed the entire 1st quarter and well into the 2nd so he could take, what, 1 shot?

Go through the EC playoff teams and try to find one where they're SF would get stripped by a PG because he got bumped by him.

I thought I had read that they won't be practicing again until Tues, but hopefully they got time to review some film and find a way for Rip to get some shots up.

I'd like to see them go after Wade on Wed with Rip post ups. He won't stand a chance.

When was the last time a Piston opponent stated they were too tired from chasing Rip around all those screens as a reason they lost? It was probably Tay after an intra-squad scrimmage.

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I agree with you. They looked out of it at various times last night. They also looked crushed to lose this game. Looks like they didn't want CLE as much as some of us didn't.

The Pistons seemed very disorganized and out of it last night especially in the 1st half.

They threw so many passes into the crowd that I thought they brought AI back as a passing consultant.

I thought I had read that they won't be practicing again until Tues, but hopefully they got time to review some film and find a way for Rip to get some shots up.

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My thoughts are that as soon as Sheed got the tech, the team became discombobulated for the next five minutes. First there appeared to be a shouting match or loud conversation between Sheed and Curry after Sheed got the tech and was sent to the bench. The Pistons then committed four straight turnovers going down the floor and allowed the Pacers a big 10-0 run before the Pistons got themselves re-situated and closed the gap to 3 at halftime.

My thoughts are that as soon as Sheed got the tech, the team became discombobulated for the next five minutes. First there appeared to be a shouting match or loud conversation between Sheed and Curry after Sheed got the tech and was sent to the bench. The Pistons then committed four straight turnovers going down the floor and allowed the Pacers a big 10-0 run before the Pistons got themselves re-situated and closed the gap to 3 at halftime.

Practicing again til Tuesday??? They got a game tomorrow slow one..

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I know they play, but I'm hoping they can use some practice time to get Rip some shots.

In short I thought the Pistons played well enough to win but Indiana played exceptionally well. It took that circus shot at the end to win it.

As Lee pointed out in the Pod Cast. It may be for the best to slide in on the 8th seed. Get the tough match up out of the way. Pistons will have to play the 1st seed anyway at some point. Yes I know its unlikely to advance but you never know. Last I heard you still have to play the games if you are the #1 seed.

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I will never understand the take 8th POV; Correct me if I'm wrong but in the entire history of the playoffs only three 8th seeded teams have beat the 1st seed and only one of them went to the finals.

I think the 7th seed is the best option for us we have a much much better chance at beating Boston while KG is still somewhat hobbled than we do beating Cleveland and king crap dribble. Can anyone enlighten me on why the 8th seed is better for us? All I can see is it's the path of least resistance if we somehow upset Cleveland since in doing so we would avoid playing 1 of the best 3 teams but wait a second the 3rd seed is Orlando I'd much rather play Orlando over Atlanta or Dwade in the second round! WHAT AM I MISSING!

I will never understand the take 8th POV; Correct me if I'm wrong but in the entire history of the playoffs only three 8th seeded teams have beat the 1st seed and only one of them went to the finals.

I think the 7th seed is the best option for us we have a much much better chance at beating Boston while KG is still somewhat hobbled than we do beating Cleveland and king crap dribble. Can anyone enlighten me on why the 8th seed is better for us? All I can see is it's the path of least resistance if we somehow upset Cleveland since in doing so we would avoid playing 1 of the best 3 teams but wait a second the 3rd seed is Orlando I'd much rather play Orlando over Atlanta or Dwade in the second round! WHAT AM I MISSING!

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It doesn't really matter what seed the Pistons end up with. Unless all of the stars miraculously align themselves perfectly, the Pistons simply do not have the personnel or coaching to get out of the first round this year.

It doesn't really matter what seed the Pistons end up with. Unless all of the stars miraculously align themselves perfectly, the Pistons simply do not have the personnel or coaching to get out of the first round this year.

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True, It's just somewhat pedantic and I don't mean that as an insult it just seems silly to me.

Once again, we lose with Sheed and Dyess paired up to end the game. As usual, they can't cover the middle. Not enough quickness between the two. What's really crazy though is that Kwame did not play, while Dyess played the whole 2nd half. (and Sheed, at his ripe old age, played the opening 15 minutes of the game.) Who knows what Curry is thinking, but it certainly was not anything to do with winning the game at hand.

Lots of Pistons did well on O. But you got to play solid D for 48 minutes, and this coach does not even give his team a chance to do so. Sheed and Dyess were paired way too much. Herrmann made a comical appearance, where he could guard nobody and his team continually bailed him out.

Of particular ridicule is Curry's choice to leave Dyess out there even though, one, our transition D was failing continually, and two, old man Dyess was out there already 15 plus minutes to open the 2nd half.

Now, on offense, Dyess had a fine game. Though I would have liked it a lot more if he had went inside more. Good rebounding totals too, although Indiana got 14 first half offensive rebounds. (This was cleaned up greatly in the 2nd half, with Indiana going most of the 2nd half without any offensive boards.

Stuckey was driving in, helping to cause some foul trouble. We really could have used Kwame bulling his way to the basket to add to that. But like I said, I really don't know what Curry's goals were tonight. Winning was certainly not one of them.

Bynum had a decent game, although Jack outplayed him due to a height advantage.

Tay attacked the rack a lot for scores. Sheed was invisible to my memory. I do remember the one bank shot made. And I do remember him picking up that tech for not being able to shut up. Gee, the one point sure looked huge coming down the stretch of the game.

JMAX played plenty of good D, and hey, even Amir got in to play some good D. Afflalo played enough.

My best guess about this nonsense Curry was pulling tonight had to do with trying to prove he could not manage to shoe horn both Amir and Kwame into the rotation in the same game. I suppose he thinks us fans won't notice Dyess played the whole 2nd half, on this the 2nd in back to back games. Yeah, there is plenty of room to play Kwame and Amir.

Rip was the scoring hero, getting over 20, but at one point he, Tay, and Dyess all were at 14. Bynum scored 9 in the fourth.

It did seem Indiana got the home whistle. No problem, but the Pistons have not been getting their home brew. But I would not complain for a moment if I were Curry, not when he was not trying to win the game anyway.

PS, I hope he was not trying to win. Cause if he was, it was a totally pathetic attempt at coaching.

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Great recap, Lee! My sentiments exactly. No coaching decisions in last two minutes AT all that couldve had us SNEAK out a win (I just finished watching the game, BTW) Mitch Album on Sports Reporters had me thinking we won,but I forgot about THE CURRY FACTOR.

At the start of the game the Pacers had Troy Murphy on Sheed. The Pistons did not go to him once opting instead to alternate possessions between Rip, Stuckey and Tay where they tried to see who could dribble further away from the hoop going backwards. Unbelievable.

Why do they decide to iso and post Tay or Rip on Granger when Granger outweighs them by 100 pounds and is quicker?

How do you play the whole 4th quarter with only Bynum and Rip shooting and then decide to have Sheed (his 5th shot at that point) and Tay take the 2 biggest shots in the game?

Max was everywhere on D except the glass. He killed them.

Kwame never got his sweats off.

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When Sheed shot that fadeaway!!!!!THATS exactly what I thought! Rip finally got hot, and Sheed and Scarecrow take the last two shots??? THE CURRY FACTOR!

It doesn't really matter what seed the Pistons end up with. Unless all of the stars miraculously align themselves perfectly, the Pistons simply do not have the personnel or coaching to get out of the first round this year.

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Personnel wise, we have BEEN ok...Coaching ??/ AINT NO WAY THE NBA LETS A ROOKIE COACH AND RASHEEDOLAYA GET BY LEBRON JAMES IN THE FIRST ROUND OF THE PLAYOFFS. CAVS IN 4.

They threw so many passes into the crowd that I thought they brought AI back as a passing consultant.

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Kind of made you wonder who was sitting in the front row opposite the Pistons bench since no one seemed able to catch a pass over there. At least five totally unforced turnovers in the first half ad several more in the second gaven Indy too much help. Though they did manage to clean up the Pacers' offensive rebounding in the second half.